Sgt. Samuel HICKOCK

Male 1643 - Bef 1695  (52 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sgt. Samuel HICKOCK was born in 14 Nov 1643 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died before 5 Mar 1694/5 in Waterbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: Bef 05 Mar 1694, Waterbury, Connecticut

    Notes:

    Notes from "Connectictu Genealogy": Samuel was in Farminton 1673, removed to Waterbury where he was one of th4e original ettles about 1677. He was one of the assinees of the first Indian deeds and is named in all fence divisions and properties lists.
    Inventory, 28 Feb 1694/1695, taken by Tmothy Stanley, John Hopkins, and Thomas Judd; children ages: Samuel 26, William 22, Thomas 20, Joseph 17, Stephen 11, Benjamin 9, Ebenezer 2, Hannah 24, Mary 14, Elizabeth 12, and Mercy 6.

    Name:
    Samuel Hickox, proprietor, with twenty-five men, all of Farmington, sent a petition to the General Court of Hartford on October 9, 1673, asking that Mattatuck (Waterbury) be made a plantation. On May 31, 1680, he and John Welton were made the selectmen of the new settlement. He was one of the assignees of the first Indian deed. He was appointed sergeant when the first train-band was organized. "Connecticut Probate Records" show that on June 21, 1681, Samuel Hickox, as the husband of hannah Upson, "discharged Father Scott on account of Father Upson's estate."

    He was in Farmington 1673, removed to Waterbury where he was one of original settlers about 1677. She admitted to full communion of Church of Farmington 1 March 1679/80. He was one of the assignees of the first Indian deeds and is named in all Fence divisions and proprietors lists. "So far as appeared he never once halted in the the work he had undertaken"; called Sergeant in 1686, Townsman 1682. "He was one of the leading men of the settlement and died at his post, at a critical time when men of the right stamp could be poorly spared."...



    Samuel was in Farmington, CT in 1673, removed to Waterbury CT, where he was one of the original settlers about 1677. He admitted to full communion of the Church of Farmington, 1 Mar 1679/80. He was one of the assignees of the first Indian deeds.

    Samuel's parents William Hickox who was born on 10 Dec 1609 in Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire, England and died before 1645 in Farmington, Hartford, CT. William married Elizabeth Cole in 1631 in Stratford On Avon England. Elizabeth was born in 1612 in Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire, England. She died on 3 Aug 1655 in Farmington, CT. They immigrated 11 Aug 1635, leaving London on the ship the Batchelor.

    Samuel married Hannah UPSON about 1667. Hannah was born about 1648; died in 1704. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Samuel HICKOCK  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1668 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 03 Jun 1713 in Waterbury, Connecticut.
    2. 3. Elizabeth HICKOCK  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1682; was christened on 12 Nov 1682.
    3. 4. Deacon Benjamin HICKOK  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1686; died on 17 Nov 1745 in Wilton, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
    4. 5. Mercy HICKOCK  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 08 Apr 1689 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 06 Sep 1729 in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    5. 6. Ebenezer HICKOK  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1692; died on 08 Jul 1774 in Bethel, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; was buried in Congregational Church Cemetery, Bethel, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel HICKOCK Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) was born about 1668 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 03 Jun 1713 in Waterbury, Connecticut.

    Samuel married Elizabeth PLUMB on 16 Apr 1690. Elizabeth (daughter of John PLUMB and Elizabeth NORTON) was born on 01 Nov 1669; died on 17 Oct 1749 in Waterbury, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Sarah HICKOCK  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 06 Dec 1707 in Waterbury, Connecticut.

  2. 3.  Elizabeth HICKOCK Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) was born in 1682; was christened on 12 Nov 1682.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of Samuel Hickox and Hannah Upson

    Family/Spouse: Thomas BENEDICT. Thomas (son of Samuel BENEDICT and Rebecca ANDREWS) was born on 27 Mar 1679 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connectict; died before 6 Dec 1714 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Samuel BENEDICT  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1795.
    2. 9. Elizabeth BENEDICT  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1706 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connectict; died on 11 Feb 1795 in Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Connecticut; was buried in Canaan Valley Cemetery, North Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.
    3. 10. Hannah BENEDICT  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 11. Rebecca BENEDICT  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1713; died on 1 Aug 1798 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Elizabeth married Samuel SMITH on 21 Jun 1722. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Deacon Benjamin HICKOK Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) was born about 1686; died on 17 Nov 1745 in Wilton, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

    Benjamin married Sarah LOCKWOOD between 03 Feb 1713 and 1714 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Sarah (daughter of Lieut. Gershom LOCKWOOD and Ann MILLINGTON) was born on 25 Jan 1669/70 in Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; died in Feb 1765 in Wilton, Fairfield co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Silas HICKOK  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jan 1714/15 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

  4. 5.  Mercy HICKOCK Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) was born on 08 Apr 1689 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 06 Sep 1729 in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
    • Birth: Abt 1688, Waterbury, Connecticut
    • Baptism: 08 Apr 1689

    Mercy married John BOUTON, III about 1704. John (son of John BOUTON, Jr. and Sarah GREGORY) was born about 1684 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died after 02 Nov 1752 in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Mercy BOUTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1705; died in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    2. 14. Daniel BOUTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1708 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 14 Nov 1740 in Sharon, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.
    3. 15. Mary BOUTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1709 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    4. 16. John BOUTON, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1711 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 29 Jan 1801 in Salem, Westchester Co., New York.
    5. 17. Eunice BOUTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1712 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 12 Nov 1778; was buried in Pound Ridge Cemetery, Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., New York.
    6. 18. David BOUTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1722 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

  5. 6.  Ebenezer HICKOKEbenezer HICKOK Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) was born about 1692; died on 08 Jul 1774 in Bethel, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; was buried in Congregational Church Cemetery, Bethel, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

    Notes:

    Name:
    He settled in the Bethel Society in Danbury about 1725. He was in Danbury June 1722-1736-1741. In 1707 he chose his brother, William, as his guardian.

    Tombstone Inscription:

    "Here Lies Buried the Body of Capt. Ebenezer Hickok who departed this Life July 8th AD 1774 in the 83d Year of his Age(.) He was for many Years a Deacon in the Church of Bethel a principal Pillar in that Church and Society and an Ornament to the Christians Religion." "The memory of the Righteous is Blessed."

    Family/Spouse: Rebecca KEELER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Ebenezer HICKOK  Descendancy chart to this point

    Ebenezer married Esther CURTIS on 17 Jun 1747 in North Stratford, Connecticut. Esther (daughter of Benjamin CURTIS and Esther JUDSON) was born in 1705; was christened on 10 Feb 1706; died on 25 Aug 1775 in Bethel, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; was buried in Congregational Church Cemetery, Bethel, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Capt. Daniel HICKOK  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1747 in Bethel, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; died on 24 Dec 1835 in Bethel, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.